Subj : Looking for sysop with modem in EU
To : Bj�rn Wiberg
From : Dmitry Protasoff
Date : Sun Oct 06 2024 06:59 pm
*** Answering a msg posted in area carbonArea (Carbon Area).
Hello, Bj�rn!
Sunday October 06 2024 16:14, you wrote to me:
DP>> It helps a lot! My model pool is now accessible in Europe,
DP>> hooray! :)
BW> That's great! What tools and techniques do you use for this?
I've had a small modem collection for some time but always wanted to put it to use, rather than just have it take up space on my shelves.
Recently, encouraged by modem enthusiasts from 5020, I finally connected everything together.
Here's the current list of different modems with various chipsets:
Motorola Codex 3256
Zyxel U-336E (died 3 days ago. RIP! Will be replaced by U-336S model).
IDC-5614BXL/VR
Genius TP560
Tainet T-336C
Multitech MT2834BLI
ZyXEL Omni 56K USB Plus
USR Courier 56k
Wavecom Q2303A (GSM)
Huawei E171 (GSM) (will be replaced by Siemens MC35i)
The USR Courier is connected to a GPON box, the ZyXEL Omni 56K to a Linksys SPA3192 (SIP), and the rest are connected to an Audiocodes MP-124 (SIP). All the modems are controlled my mgetty/qico from Linux on Intel N3350 box via a Branboxes 8-port USB-COM converter (except for the ZyXEL Omni 56K USB Plus).
The SIP gateways are registered on a local Asterisk server, which is connected to various SIP providers. It's also open to calls from any SIP gateway on the internet (901-909 numbers on voip.fidonet.cc).
The +352 number is from the company where I work part-time and is routed via SIP to my Asterisk server.
Now I am fixing BBS software and going to add another USR Courier for SIP calls.
I also had an idea to put an ancient Racal Vadic modem from around 1985 online with the original Fido v10 software from Jennings (it supports native non-Hayes commands on the RV modem), but I'm a bit worried it might fail if run in 24/7 mode.
Best regards,
dp.
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